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Brittanyd9008

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In his preface to Alceste, Gluck proposes all of the following operatic reforms EXCEPT?
 
  a) longer melismas
  b) greater prominence for the chorus
  c) accompanied rather than secco recitative
  d) an overture linked by mood to the action

Question 2

The origins of opera buffa lie in?
 
  a) concert spiritual
  b) the intermezzo
  c) the spoken theater
  d) melodrama



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b





 

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